Dr. Wout Krijgsman

Biography

Wout Krijgsman is a Professor at Utrecht University specializing in Paleomagnetism. His main research interests involve dating geological records and utilizing magnetostratigraphy in conjunction with integrated stratigraphic techniques. Krijgsman employs paleomagnetic reconstructions to unravel climatic and tectonic components of paleoenvironmental change. He focuses on understanding the rates of change in natural processes and the underlying mechanisms that explain these observations. Key research activities include the coevolution of the Mio-Pliocene Mediterranean and Paratethys Sea, with a particular emphasis on Middle Miocene paleoenvironmental changes associated with the Messinian salinity crisis, part of the NWO Vici project. Furthermore, he investigates Asian paleoclimate and paleoenvironment reconstructions in China, biodiversity changes in the Caspian region through the EU PRIDE project, and the study of Indonesian reef systems as part of the EU Throughflow project. Krijgsman also collaborates on integrated stratigraphic studies in the continental Paleogene of North America and marine-continental correlations of the Triassic-Jurassic periods.

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